Plasmodium caprae

Plasmodium caprae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Plasmodium caprae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. caprae
Binomial name
Plasmodium caprae de Mello and Paes, 1923

Like all Plasmodium species P. caprae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are domestic goats, Capra aegagrus.^{[citation needed]} The specific epithet for P. caprae, "caprae," comes from the genus name, "Capra," for the goat.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by de Mello and Paes in 1923.

It was originally classified as Laverania caprae. Laverania is now recognised as a subgenus of Plasmodium and the correct current designation is Plasmodium caprae.

Distribution

This species was described in Angola.